Opening Of Submissions And Key Deadlines For The 2015 Producers Guild Awards

LOS ANGELES (April 21, 2014) – The Producers Guild of America announced today the opening of the submissions and key deadlines for consideration for the 2015 Producers Guild Awards. The 26th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.

The Guild will use its awards submission website – www.producersguildawards.com – to provide a fully digital interface for submission for its 12 competitive categories. Competitive honors to be presented at the 2015 Producers Guild Awards include:

The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment/Talk Television

The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television

Competitive honors to be announced at the 2015 Producers Guild Awards include:

The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Sports Program

The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Children’s Program

The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Digital Series

Submission deadlines and other key dates for the 2015 Producers Guild Awards are as follows:

May 16, 2014

Deadline for Notice of Producing Credits Form for Television Series and Specials (All Comedy, Drama, Non-Fiction, Competition, Live Entertainment/Talk Television and Children’s Programs. DOES NOT INCLUDE LONG-FORM TELEVISION or SPORTS PROGRAMS)

September 5, 2014

Deadline for Notice of Producing Credits Form for Feature Documentary Motion Pictures, as well as submission of screeners for feature Documentary Motion Pictures

September 19, 2014

Deadline for Notice of Producing Credits Form for Digital Series and Sports Programs

September 26, 2014

Deadline for Notice of Producing Credits Form for Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

October 24, 2014

Deadline for Notice of Producing Credits Form for Long-Form Television and Sports Programs.

October 27, 2014

Television Series and Specials and Digital Series Nomination Polls Open

November 24, 2014

Television Series and Specials and Digital Series Nomination Polls Close

November 26, 2014

Producers Guild Awards Nominees are Announced for Television Series and Specials, Digital Series, Feature Documentary Motion Pictures

Producers Guild Awards Nominees are Announced for All Categories, including Theatrical Motion Pictures, Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, Long-Form Television; Final Polls Open

January 23, 2015

Final Polls Close for All Categories (12:00 pm P.S.T.)

January 24, 2015

2015 PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza

In 1990, the Producers Guild held the first-ever Golden Laurel Awards, which were renamed the Producers Guild Awards in 2002. Richard Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck took home the award for Best Produced Motion Picture for Driving Miss Daisy, establishing the Guild’s awards as a bellwether for the Oscars. This past year, the Producers Guild recognized the producers of both Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron and David Heyman, and 12 Years a Slave, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner, with its Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, marking the seventh consecutive year the Producers Guild has presaged the Motion Picture Academy’s choice. The Producers Guild also honored several special individuals including Bob Iger (Milestone Award), Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), Chuck Lorre (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Chris Meledandri (Visionary Award), Peter Jackson, Joe Letteri and Weta Digital (Vanguard Award), as well as the powerful motion picture Fruitvale Station (Stanley Kramer Award).